Foundation for Family Life
Legal name: Foundation for Family Life of Utah
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452396266
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2012
- Location
- Riverton, UT, USA
- Phone
- 8019233351
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $189,175
- Expenses
- $181,796
- Assets
- $41,119
- Liabilities
- $17,136
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
People named in this filing
- JOSEPH WHITE (BOARD VICE CHAIR)
- CLAY NEVES (BOARD CHAIR)
- DUSTIN CALDWELL (CTO)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Foundation for Family Life was created in 2010 by Dr. Joseph White to promote healthy family & individual life and to provide hope for those who want to write a better life story than the path they may have been on. We believe everyone deserves a fresh start. Life’s challenges can leave us feeling lost, overwhelmed, or disconnected. But, with the right support, healing & transformation is possible. Whether you’re seeking to overcome addiction, strengthen family bonds, or find a new path, we’re here to help. Our wide range of services—from recovery programs to family coaching & creative outlets—are designed to meet you where you are & guide you toward a brighter future. No matter the struggle, you don’t have to face it alone. We’re here to walk with you every step of the way.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provided treatment and housing services to approximately 69 individuals transitioning from incarceration.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 58
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.8%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 98.7%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 94.8% of revenue deployed · 98.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $179K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.